— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: In case of a renewed conflict with the U.S. and Israel, Iran will consider targeting American bases in Greece, Romania and Germany – MES

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump:

‘We have total control of the Strait of Hormuz, as you know.

We wiped out Iran’s navy, wiped out their air force, we knocked out 85% of their drone and missile capacity.

But look, we will either make sure Iran won’t have a nuclear weapon, or we will have to do something very drastic.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘Iran can’t keep its enriched uranium. We’re going to get it, we need to have it, and we’ll probably destroy it’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘Iran is going to give us what we want, one way or another’

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— 🇺🇸/🇨🇺 President Trump: ‘I want to help the Cuban people for humanitarian reasons’

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— 🇺🇸 U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio: ‘You ask me if I’m worried about Ebola. But Ebola is in Africa.’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Reporter: ‘Will you attend your son’s wedding at the end of the week?’

President Trump: ‘I want to go, but I told him it’s not a very good time right now. I’ve got something called ‘Iran’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iranian source close to the negotiating team:

1. The exchange of texts has not yet reached a final draft concept.

2. The U.S. insistence on nuclear negotiations has dragged the talks to a deadlock.

3. Meanwhile, U.S. threats have angered Iran, and Tehran shows little desire to continue negotiations.

4. The possibility of conflict starting exists at any moment.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Pakistani Field Marshal Assim Muneer’s planned trip to Tehran tonight has been canceled

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Everything published by Al-Arabiya and other outlets about nearing a draft are false.

There was some sense of optimism that emerged yesterday, but U.S. has shifted goalpost again since then.

Appetite for a deal in Iran, especially on nuclear matters, is extremely low now.

— 🇮🇷/🇦🇪/🇶🇦/🇸🇦/🇰🇼/🇧🇭 NEW: In a joint statement, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates condemned and rejected Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz and urged ships not to contact the Persian Gulf Strait Authority

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇺🇸 NEW: Contrary to Al-Arabiya’s claim, Iranian media confirm that Pakistan’s Field Marshal Muneer will indeed be heading to Tehran

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— 🇮🇷/🇶🇦/🇺🇸 NEW: A Qatari delegation has also landed in Tehran, will work together with Pakistanis to achieve a framework for an interim agreement

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— NOTE: Any details of a draft being circulated are inaccurate and false

Both sides have not even agreed on final proposed text yet.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰/🇶🇦 NEW: According to an informed source, Pakistan wants to try to convince Trump to accept Iranian tolls in the Strait of Hormuz

One of the reasons for the Qatari delegation’s presence is to force U.S. concessions elsewhere (like sanctions relief) instead of accepting tolls.

Both sides will be in Tehran to coordinate with the Iranian delegation, but the main diplomatic effort currently focuses on gaining U.S. concessions.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: President Trump announces he won’t attend his son’s wedding because he ‘loves the United States of America’

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ismael Baqaei:

‘We cannot say that we have reached a point where an agreement is close. No, that’s not the case. Differences between Iran and the U.S. are very deep and numerous, and not easily resolved.

We cannot say with certainty that after a few visits or talks over weeks or months, we will definitely reach a conclusion.

Regarding the nuclear program, we are a member of the NPT and have a right to nuclear enrichment, and our position on the enriched uranium stockpile has also been made clear.

Details related to the nuclear issue are not being discussed at this stage, and we definitely will not reach a solution if we try to delve into details related to our enriched uranium stockpile.’

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